Re^3: How is this printing?

Nope, I'm not exactly sure if I understand what you are asking, but here's my best guess...

Consider the following code and result

foreach ("abc123", "xyz123","def12","ghi123") {
    /(.*)123/;
    print "scanning $_: found $1\n";
}
__DATA__
scanning abc123: found abc
scanning xyz123: found xyz
scanning def12: found xyz
scanning ghi123: found ghi
<code>
Notice that while scanning "<code>def12
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" the "$1" variable was not reset to undef but remains in its previously defined state.

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Re^4: How is this printing? by muba (Priest) on Oct 19, 2004 at 20:18 UTC
It indeed is. Hmm, I think I can remember I read all $n got replaced, even if the regex did not match. Well, thank you. `"2b"\|\|!"2b";$$_="the question"` Besides that, my code is untested unless stated otherwise. One more: please review the article about regular expressions (do's and don'ts) I'm working on.	[reply] [d/l]